The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-01-20

Directors when the pauper can he re-
I moved or temporary relief is ne longer
required. Such warrant shall be by
the Clerk of the Board Of Iufi' mary Di-
J rectOrs numbered and filed. and il the
I Trustees shall within II days transmit
to the Directors said w wtrrnnt together
! with costs ami rhIT.cS incurred by
th'In in a1fUi ding temporary relief 70
laid pauper, the Directors shall certify
u the correctness thereof and The same
shall be paid out of the county treasury,
the failure by the Trustees 10 trans nit
nd warrant and bill OF costs within ten
days shall render tn. township liable
fIr alI reliei furnished.
| OF the 1S1 cases Ia whom outSidc re-
lief has been eXtsade:l dri; ing the year,
covering an expenditure of $3.50. 80, We
/ were unable to fad any warrants ex-
! cent f. ON GOodh"pe township. emhrac-
ing 8 cases and an expenditure OF 81. 05
And these warrants do not show when
trey were transmitted, as they bear no
evidence of having been numbered or
| fled.
Section 1893 provides, ''No account
! shall ever be audited or allowed to the
| Trustees OF township fer the support
OF the poor unless the same be accom-
panied by the proper voucher verified
| by tle claimant or his agent and eeTti-
lied by the Trustees In all the vnnch-
ers for outside relief to the different
Townships embracing an expenditure of
| $3.50 I3, not one was verified by tho
| claimant er his agept.
| The bills fer medical relief furnished
/ by WARD township on file as vouchers.
| were duplirates of the original bills and
| the township certifies that the originals
were properly verified. With the posi-
| hle exception of Ward township. the
| Infirmary Directors had TO right to re-
| inburse any of the townships. The
amount thus received by the townships
from the county poor fund was over
5000. exclusive Of Ward township. The
allowance to that township Of SiI50o,
whether legal or not, is doubtful. We
| found endorsed upon some Of the most
extravaeant vouchers for outside relief
by the IT, iirmary DiectoTs-"We 10 not
consider them p.upers," and NO Eo-
tice received" followed by the word
"allowed," signed by the President Of
the Beard. We notice several vouchers
Of 81 each paid to persons tor bringing
pauDer to the lntirmsry. We are OF the
opinion il was the duty of the Snperin
dent under See. 91i TO transfer paupers
70 the lutirnary-Ee has all the neces-
snry facilities. One person was allowed
four large sacks OF -four I barely in the
month of March. 1855, and purchased 50
cents worth of cheese at one time. The
wonder of the committee IL that this
itea, of cheese was not followed by oae
tor medical relief. Houses were rented
for alleged p3upers in severn! cases
Persons having property ana means AMI
pensioners were amply provided tor.
Prostitutes, keepers OF honses of pTosti-
tuition ard assignatlon were provided
with house rent. medical attendance
and good provisions.
Among the largest medical biils as
outdoor relief are those for attending
public prostitutes inf, C ed with the
most loa.hsome diseases, and in many
cases the treatment was nistered
a. the Office of the attending physician.
If the alleged paupers were able TO 90
the Office Of the physician, they were
surely able and should have been ia
Ken to the Infrmary. where the inhrm-
ary physician, employed by the year,
was in charge, thus saving al eaor-
nous unnecessary expense.
We find in many Instances the S1-
pcrintendant of the Infirmi-y has fall
ed to certify over his official signature
to the correctness o. bills OF the buck
thereof for labor reformed un1er his
direction, or articles purchased by him
We notice in many instances that
the amount expended for out door re-
lies greatly exceeds the cost Of keep
ing such persons at the IntirmarE,
where food, care and medical atten-
dance can he supplied 10 them st much
less cost to the county, and such per-
sons were able 10 be removed.
We return our thanks TO- our worthy
Auditor and his efficient deputy for
valuable assistance accorded Us during
our lsbofS.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL II. BUERHAUS-
THOS. W. ROCHESTER,
I concur with the majority Of the
Committee, in the main. as to the sub
s,anca OF their -eport, and join with
them. in o kindly spirit. in the criti>
cisms and Recommendations therein
made.
In thus pointing on. the err)rs OF the
various officials, whose transactions are
embraced in the above report, | do not
question the honesty of their motives
or the good faith OF their actions, but
a. remedy for these mist .kes II the
future, would insist upon stricier
adherence to the laws s'vernins their
actions.
| di.ier from my brethren OF the Com
| mittee as to the length Of the Commit
tees report. In my judgement the
same criticisms and e:ommendt.ioas
could be made to occnly much less
space. -,
VIRGIL G. LOWERY.